The 2nd Asian Indoor Games will formally open in Macau on the last days of October, 2007. With the endeavors made by the Asian Hockey Federation (Royalty Sultan Azlan Shah as Hon. President, Tan Sri P. Alagendra as Sec. General, Tayyab Ikram as Asian CDO and Mathavan Devadas as Secretary of AHF Competition Committee), indoor hockey has been included in this Games.
Accordingly, Asian National Associations will compete against each other in a round robin format. Iran National Indoor Hockey team, after up to 25 ten days of training camp and with a German Coach supervising 17 players, will participate in this competition. The final training camp will be in the Czech Republic from 6 to 16 October, during which the Iranian team will play against teams from the Czech Republic.
The Iranian Delegation:
1. Jafar Fareghi, Player
2. Javed Golmmohammadi, Player
3. Reza Fatahi, Player
4. Majid Khalaji, Player
5. Yaghoub Bahrami, Player
6. Reza Abbasi, Player
7. Mohammadali Malek Ahmadi, Player
8. Mohammadmehdi Malek Ahmadi, Player
9. Aref Mohammadi, Player
10. Javad Shabani, Player
11. Reza Norouzzadeh, Player
12. Morteza Ahmadi, Player
13. Masoud Bohlouli, Player
14. Ehsan Gordan, Player
15. Amir Chahardoli, Player
16. Mohammad Karimi, Player
17. Rouhollah Roufi, Player
18. Michael Jodocus Schmitz, Coach
19. Esfandyar Safaei, Coach
20. Mahmood Behmanesh, Hockey Expert
21. Hossein Pour Behi, Hockey Expert
22. Nader Foroutanian, Iranian NOC Delegate
23. Fereidoun Zamani, Technical Manager
24. Hamid Reza Bokharaei Kashi, Manager
25. Hassan Abazari, Federation Supervisor
The Macau Asian indoor Games mark the official start of indoor hockey in Asia and promise to be a turning point of hockey on this continent.
Other participating teams are Hong Kong, India and Macau.
Source: Hassan Abazari, Iran Hockey Federation and Secretary, AHF Indoor Hockey Committee
